bootlicker

• Substantiv, das eine Person bezeichnet, die sich gegenüber Macht- oder Autoritätspersonen unterwürfig und kriecherisch verhält, oft um deren Gunst oder Anerkennung zu erlangen, und dabei ihre eigene Würde aufgibt.

A noun referring to a person who behaves obsequiously or submissively towards someone in authority, often to gain favor or approval, and who acts as if lacking self-respect.

1. Servile flattererC1informal

   A person who behaves obsequiously or flatters someone in authority in order to gain favor or advantage.

   Speichellecker

   • The manager's assistant is a notorious bootlicker, always agreeing with everything he says.
   • He was called a bootlicker for constantly praising the boss in meetings.
   • She despises bootlickers who try to get ahead by flattery rather than hard work.

   Synonymeapple polisherass-kisserfawnerflatterergrovelerlackeysycophanttoadytruckleryes-man

   Antonymedissidenthereticiconoclastindependentinsurgentmaverickmutineernonconformistrebelskeptic